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There are several important land management meetings coming up later this
week in Ridgecrest. Please try to attend if at all possible.


NORTHERN AND EASTERN MOJAVE PLANNING AREA (NEMO)
Thursday, June 14
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Ridgecrest City Council Chambers
Kerr-McGee Building
100 W. California Avenue
Ridgecrest, CA

This management plan is for the BLM administered public land around
Ridgecrest that is not included in the West Mojave planning area or within
designated wilderness. Essentially, everything else! This planning area
extends from Dyer Nevada in the north to Needles in the south and includes
the White Mountains, Piper Mountains, Inyo Mountains, Coso Mountains,
Panamint Mountains and other areas. The topic of discussion is the
recently completed Draft Environmental Impact Statement which is currently
open for public review as required by the National Environmental Policy
Act.


DESERT DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING
Friday June 15
7:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (field tour)
Saturday June 16
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (formal session)
Pinnacles Room at the Kerr McGee Center

The field tour will assemble at 7:15 a.m. Friday morning at the Best
Western China Lake Inn parking lot located at 400 S China Lake Blvd.,
Ridgecrest, CA. Members of the public are welcome to participate in the
tour, but should plan on providing their own transportation, drinks, and
lunch.
Agenda items will include an update on BLM's off-highway vehicle (OHV)
program and management related issues, and briefings on the California
Wilderness Coalition's report Off Road to Ruin and the California
Off-Highway Vehicle Grant Program. The agenda also will include a
presentation on the National Landscape Conservation System and the China
Lake Land Use Management Plan and draft environmental impact statement.
WE REALLY NEED A LARGE TURN OUT AT THIS MEETING.


WEST MOJAVE MANAGEMENT PLAN (WEMO)
July 10, 2001, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Kerr-McGee Center
100 California Avenue, Ridgecrest CA 93555

According to the WEMO website, this meeting is a "Public meeting to
discuss OHV route network". It is assumed that this will be the meeting
that WEMO Project Manager, Bill Haigh, promised would include a court
recorder to take official public comments for the record.


WEST MOJAVE MANAGEMENT PLAN (WEMO)
Superior Route open house
June 27, 2001
2p.m. - 8 p.m.
Barstow BLM Field Office
2601 Barstow Road
Barstow, CA

This polygon is located north of Highway 58 and east of highway 395.

IN THE NEWS


ECO-TERRORIST ATTACKS PROMPT FEDERAL ACTION
FOX News.com http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,26682,00.html


U.S. FOREST SERVICE CHIEF TO PROCEED WITH ROAD BAN
Environmental News Network http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/06/06082001/reu_roadban_43933.asp


THE SIERRA CLUB ENVIRONMENTALISTS TOLD THE LEADERS TASKED WITH ASSURING
THAT CALIFORNIA WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ELECTRIC POWER THAT THEIR OBJECTIVE
WAS TO SHUT DOWN THE STATE.
Insight Magazine http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200102279.shtml#top


VICTORVILLE DAILY PRESS

June 7, 2001
Desert enthusiasts question BLM policies
land : Federal agency works on plan to choose roads for public access. http://www.vvdailypress.com/arch.html


June 5, 2001
County officials to discuss BLM property rights
GOVERNMENT : Questions from the public will be answered at Lucerne Valley
meeting. http://www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid991756932
,71563,


June 6, 2001
Cattlemen round up help for BLM fight
GOVERNMENT : Board of Supervisors side with local ranchers. http://www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid991838788
,27911,


June 3, 2001
Sen. Jeffords: Boon or bane for High Desert? http://www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid991597058
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VICTORVILLE - Vermont Sen. James Jeffords' defection from the Republican
Party could have a big impact on the High Desert, in the opinion of
federal, state and county elected officials from this region. San
Bernardino County First District Supervisor Bill Postmus, Assemblyman Phil
Wyman, R-Tehachipi, and U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands all agree -
Jeffords' switch will affect the High Desert.


This information is provided by Ron Schiller, Chairman, High Desert
Multiple Use Coalition. As usual, please feel free to pass this
information on to any other interested parties. Anyone wishing to receive
future information regarding WEMO or issues related to the management of
public lands in the California Desert should send an e-mail to
schiller@ridgecrest.ca.us and request to be placed on the distribution
list. Please print "PLEASE ADD TO LIST" in the subject line.

<font color="yellow">Here's a link to a discussion from some people that attended the June 16th Meeting

http://w ww.glamisonline.org/pilot/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1861&FORUM_ID=44&CAT_ID=1&Topic_Title=DAC+meeting+in+Ridgecrest+a+success%21&Forum_Title=%95+Wide+Open+Sand (http://www.glamisonline.org/pilot/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1861&FORUM_ID=44&CAT_ID=1&Topic_Title=DAC+meeting+in+Ridgecrest+a+success%21&Forum_Title=%95+Wide+Open+Sand)


P.S. - I stole the link from Crowdog's post on JU <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">...</font c>

[ 06-17-2001: Message edited by: Yellowsub1962 ]

YellowSub:

Thanks for the post.

Here is a quote from a guy at the meeting that really makes me mad:

"It’s outrageous that less than 5% of public lands are available for OHV use, yet 14% of Californians own OHV’s. These are figures heard at the meeting, not confirmed by me, but it’s crazy. Tim Salt announced many new closures, with pride. Not one area was opened, and the attitude was such that to expect such is fantasy.

Over 40% of the BLM’s budget is spent on land acquisition. BUYING PRIVATE LAND WITH OUR GREEN STICKER MONEY! This scares the hell out of me. My money is being used to buy land that I can’t access."

Crowdog

Here is a news story regarding the DAC meeting:
http://www.news-ridgecrest.com/stories/1.html